Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government–a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to come from no mouth but that of a tyrant or a slave.
CATO THE YOUNGERSince it has such a remembrance of the best, such a concern for the future, since it is enriched with so many arts, sciences, and discoveries, it is impossible but the being which contains all these must be immortal.
More Cato the Younger Quotes
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By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour,
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Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.
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The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.
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In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
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A honest man is seldom a vagrant.
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Do not expect good from another’s death.
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Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign.
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Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
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The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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Art, and Industry, as far as by it he hurts not the Society, or any Members of it, by taking from any Member, or by hindering him from enjoying what he himself enjoys.
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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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